Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 26
This is a list of selected August 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Images
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
An engraving on the Battle of Crécy -
Battle of Manzikert -
1883 eruption of Krakatoa -
Betty Friedan
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1978 – Pope John Paul I was elected as successor of Pope Paul VI. | refimprove, but Pope John Paul already appears on September 28 anyway |
| 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the only official language of Quebec. | unbalanced section |
| 1978 – Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space. | refimprove |
| 1999 – In response to the Invasion of Dagestan nineteen days prior, Russia launched bombing raids to begin the Second Chechen War. | disputed section |
Eligible
- 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1883 – A massive eruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa, ejecting so much ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year.
- 1928 – At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, May Donoghue found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, causing her to launch one of the landmark civil action cases in British common law, Donoghue v Stevenson.
- 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention began at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti–Vietnam War protesters and police.
- 1970 – Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
- 2008 – More than a week after a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Notes
- Invasion of Dagestan appears on August 7, so Chechen War or Abkhazia/South Ossetia should not appear in the same year.
August 26: Heroes' Day/Herero Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States
- 1071 – Byzantine–Seljuq Wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
- 1346 – Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy (pictured).
- 1768 – HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook.
- 1810 – Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of Santiago de Liniers, during the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1966 – The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the Namibian War of Independence.